Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The Tampa Bay Lightning have recalled goaltender Jonathan Boutin from the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis, Executive Vice President and General Manager Jay Feaster announced.

Boutin, 6-foot-2, 192 pounds, has played in 34 games with Norfolk this season and posted a 12-15-3 record with a .902 save percentage and a 3.25 goals-against average. He has also recorded two of the team’s three shutouts.

>> team release

I believe I read somewhere that Mike Smith suffered some sort of injury in practice recently, although I can't find the link again.

In any event, this might be good news in the battle for that top spot in the lottery. Tampa Bay's 4-11-2 in its last 17 games, and is tied with the Kings for the fewest points in the NHL with just 66.

The Lightning has one fewer win than Los Angeles at this point.

I'll update when I know who's starting tonight's game against Florida.

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James has covered the NHL and the game of hockey since 2004, beginning with this website and continuing with The Globe and Mail (2008-16) and The Athletic. He is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, a long-time radio analyst with TSN and was the NHL network manager at SB Nation from 2008 to 2010. A graduate of Thompson Rivers and Ryerson universities, James grew up in Kamloops, B.C. as a season ticket holder in the Blazers' glory years.

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